CAP in Falcon 4.0 and CAP in Lomac, no planes. So what's the difference?

[Kenan]

1. In Falcon 4.0 you have to complete the CAP on time, watch not to reach the waypoints too late or too early. Only after you achieved those things AND land, your mission is considered succesfull. And this is without enemy fighters.

 

2. In Lomac you can take off, head wherever you want, land on a road, pay a visit to a local bar, take off again, do some country side gun straffing, land again on some xy airfield, take off and..well, u get my point..and, the CAP mission will be considered a 'success'. Taken, u set some needed paramters for a mission goal.

 

So, instead of moving on to the next project after BS, I'd rather see an improved Mission Editor. Trust me, you have no idea how that would boost the gameplay to a new level.

 

Who's with me here?

[Shaman]

I'm with you on that matter. Though Mission Editor won't be improved as lots of other things. Just Ka-50 flyable and that's it. LockOn road ends here. Live with that :|

[RvEFoxteR]

Well said. You can specify all these parameters such as particular time over waypoint, your designated speed and altitude over it as well but that doesn't mean anything...the only good thing about it is if you set some AI targets to reach a specific point in a specific time that works nicely. So say you set time over waypoint 2 at 12:05 and that targets will be there at the same time, if you follow exactly your speed and altitude for that waypoint you will get there in +/- 10 seconds of designated time (if you were accurate). But then again since it can't be done as a dynamic campaign it doesn't make it very challenging (you know exactly what to expact there lol). I absolutely agree that mission editor should be more tweaked in the future.

[britgliderpilot]

I agree that it's something that would make a Lomac a whole lot better . . . . . however, just doing that on it's own isn't really enough to be able to charge for it.

 

We'll know and appreciate it, sure - but how many people do you think are going to pay for an addon that just improves the Mission Editor and adds some campaigns? There's got to be something else in there just to be able to sell it . . . . .

[SwingKid]

1. In Falcon 4.0 you have to complete the CAP on time, watch not to reach the waypoints too late or too early. Only after you achieved those things AND land, your mission is considered succesfull. And this is without enemy fighters.

 

2. In Lomac you can take off, head wherever you want, land on a road, pay a visit to a local bar, take off again, do some country side gun straffing, land again on some xy airfield, take off and..well, u get my point..and, the CAP mission will be considered a 'success'. Taken, u set some needed paramters for a mission goal.

 

Sounds like LOMAC is more realistic. ;)

 

-SK

[TucksonSonny]

1. In Falcon 4.0 you have to complete the CAP on time, watch not to reach the waypoints too late or too early. Only after you achieved those things AND land, your mission is considered succesfull. And this is without enemy fighters.

 

2. In Lomac you can take off, head wherever you want, land on a road, pay a visit to a local bar, take off again, do some country side gun straffing, land again on some xy airfield, take off and..well, u get my point..and, the CAP mission will be considered a 'success'. Taken, u set some needed paramters for a mission goal.

 

So, instead of moving on to the next project after BS, I'd rather see an improved Mission Editor. Trust me, you have no idea how that would boost the gameplay to a new level.

 

Who's with me here?

 

That is what CAP is all about!

Your mission is to clear or prevent that enemy fighters or whatever enters your airspace between the CAP waypoints between the periods of time which was assigned to it.

In a dynamic campaign (f4) it happens that the enemy has not the resources or doesn’t want to take the risk to bother you. In f4 an easy cheat is to decrease the CAP-time before you start and the chance for success increases.

BTW, BARCAP and SWEEP missions are my favorites.

[SUBS17]

1. In Falcon 4.0 you have to complete the CAP on time, watch not to reach the waypoints too late or too early. Only after you achieved those things AND land, your mission is considered succesfull. And this is without enemy fighters.

 

2. In Lomac you can take off, head wherever you want, land on a road, pay a visit to a local bar, take off again, do some country side gun straffing, land again on some xy airfield, take off and..well, u get my point..and, the CAP mission will be considered a 'success'. Taken, u set some needed paramters for a mission goal.

 

So, instead of moving on to the next project after BS, I'd rather see an improved Mission Editor. Trust me, you have no idea how that would boost the gameplay to a new level.

 

Who's with me here?

 

You are missing 1 important feature, in Falcon you must check in with the AWACs when are at your patrol area.:cool:

[Guest IguanaKing]

Yup...LOMAC is also missing the COMs. Gosh I would love it if F4's realism and LOMACs looks could be combined. Haven't really tried it yet, but has anyone flown RESCAP in F4?

[169th_Crusty]

Yup...LOMAC is also missing the COMs. Gosh I would love it if F4's realism and LOMACs looks could be combined. Haven't really tried it yet, but has anyone flown RESCAP in F4?

 

Brings some PJ memories?:)

[Guest IguanaKing]

Nope...just curious if it does any good. With F4s complexity though, you might actually make a difference.

[SUBS17]

Yup...LOMAC is also missing the COMs. Gosh I would love it if F4's realism and LOMACs looks could be combined. Haven't really tried it yet, but has anyone flown RESCAP in F4?

 

I haven't had the opportunity to do RESCAPs, I remember in Topgun Fire at Will the mission would turn into a RESCAP if your wingman ejected which was very cool.